94100 Enna, Province of Enna, Italy - panoramio (4)

Santa Chiara (Saint Clare) is the

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church in the town of Enna, in the region of

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, Italy.

History and description

The church was commissioned in the early 17th century by the aristocrat Francesco Rotondo and his mother Costanza. The

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façade has a broken tympanum with a coat of arms spelling IHS, the Jesuit symbol. The façade is preceded by a broad and long staircase. The church has a single nave and the apse has a maiolica floor, installed in 1850. The church contains a canvas by Giuseppe Salerno, nicknamed the Zoppo di Gangi. By 1619 the church was under the ownership of the

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order, until their expulsion from the Kingdom of Naples in 1767. Only later was the church linked to the Clarissan order. After World War II, the church housed a Shrine for burial of the fallen in the war.Comune of Enna
website, tourism entry on church.

References

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